Accounting at Montclair State University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Montclair State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Montclair State is located in Montclair, New Jersey and approximately 21,005 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 106 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Montclair State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Montclair State Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Montclair State Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Montclair State performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Montclair State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	13
	26
	27
	51
	90
	103
	118
	120
	198
	202
	229
	242
	276
	459
	557

In 2021, 54 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Montclair State. This makes it the #91 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Montclair State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Montclair State University.

Montclair State Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 106 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Montclair State. Of these graduates, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at Montclair State since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Montclair State University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	43
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Montclair State Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Montclair State, 54% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Montclair State University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	29
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Montclair State also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NJ, the home state for Montclair State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Accountants and Auditors	37,370	$90,400
Credit Analysts	2,690	$85,030
Business Professors	2,510	$111,740
Financial Examiners	2,310	$109,100
Budget Analysts	2,160	$83,710

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Yurinator180 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.